In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and ...

The Napoleonic wars created unprecedented demand for brass and other musical instruments. As well as tracking down individual musicians and bands, O'Keeffe investigated the circulation of ...

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War and peace O'Keeffe points out that the Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands. By 1814, more than 20 thousand instrumentalists were serving in ...

Historians have increasingly stressed the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain and Ireland. Less attention, however, has been paid to the legacies of martial mobilization ...

According to Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, regimental bands first experimented with all-brass arrangements in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. | ITV News Anglia ...

A brass band plays outside Craven Cottage stadium ahead of the English Premier League match between Fulham FC and Arsenal FC (EPA) From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...

Britain’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has found. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass ...